Timeline item 19: 1939-1945 - The Ordnance Depot opens in 1940 to support the Second World War effort. By 1942, over 2,000 military personnel and 1,700 civilians are based here. In 1943, a POW camp is established for Italian and German prisoners,…
Black and white photos depicting
Joyce Laxton (1944-46)
Lorna Whittaker
Thelma Stubbs and Eileen Stafford
Mary Jalland
Thelma Stubbs (1950s)
Thelma Stubbs and sister outside Egerton Lodge (1946)